 Hello fellow crocheters, this is Tasha from Stardust Gold Crochet and today We're going to work through the more than a market bag that I created in the past few weeks After going to Neptune Beach, Florida I was so inspired by the beach and the colors of the sand and the ocean and I just thought Man, and I also discovered 24 seven cotton and they had the greatest colors so go ahead and this pattern is available for print if you want to print it out you can work alongside the tutorial and The PDF version is 399 on my Etsy page And if you don't want to do that you can always go over to the blog Which is stardustgoldcrochet.com and check it out the free written pattern and you can just scroll along on your Phone or however, you want to do it. So let's get started. I go ahead and grab Some cotton yarn if you don't have 24 seven cotton you can use any cotton worsted weight medium for And this these skins are 186 yards each I use six different colors and The only color that you use most of or the almost the entire scheme is the jade color and This one I had just a little tiny bit left because we work the top part plus the handles with it. So To begin we go we use the colors camel and Then the second color is tangerine 123 The third color I use is the pink and then the fourth color is a crew the fifth color is mint there and The sixth color is Jade and So I have a four millimeter hook I like to use Susan baits hooks if you're a beginner these baits hooks are really great because they have a Super duper cool snagging hook and also they don't have any They're the same width right here. So keeping your tension is a lot easier. Okay, so Grab all your supplies and then meet me back here. I'm going to pause the video for a sec and come right back Okay, so let's get started You can pause this video at any time you'd like So I've started by chaining 63 for the tutorial the pattern is to chain 126 so I just cut it in half for the sake of the tutorials Because otherwise we'd be here for a very long time. So once you get 63 or 126 chains you're going to join them. So just make sure you Kind of go all the way to the end of your chain and And joining chains to make it even is kind of funny But keep your the two sides up and just make sure that the whole way down It's smooth and that the flat part of the chain is facing you then what I normally do is I take the two ends and I put this into the top Chain or of the very last or the very first chain and then Yarn over pull through with a slip stitch and then double check that when you go around That it's not twisted that you'll be able to get all of your stitches Into the top part of each loop. I mean if you work into the hump, that's different But you can do that too. So once you get there and you join We're going to go ahead and for the first row. We're going to chain three So for the first row, we're going to chain three and then we're going to double crochet the entire round starting in the first Not the base chain, but the first Stitch right there And if you know how to do a double crochet double crochet is where you yarn over once and Then you put your hook in your chain Yarn over and pull up a loop Then you yarn over and pull through two loops until you only have one loop left So we can speed this up or pause it. I'll pause it and come back when you've completed your 126 double crochets Okay, so we've come around to the beginning of the round again And we're going to go ahead and join into the top of our first stitch. I'm going to zoom in just a little So put your hook through the top two loops yarn over Pull through and then slip stitch And so we're going to the for rows two through two and three. We're going to go ahead and chain three Then you're going to work your first double crochet into this very first stitch straight down from the chain and across each chain or each stitch of the round Until you reach the end and you should have a hundred and twenty six double crochets and Double crochet is a simple stitch yarn over Insert your hook in the top two loops yarn over pull up a loop Then you yarn over and pull through two loops Until you have one loop left So you keep pulling through two loops until you just have one more loop left on your hook That's basically the gist of all Crochet stitches you just keep pulling yarning over and pulling through however many stitches or however many Loops it says to pull through until you just have one left on your hook so This entire round plus round three will be Double crochets and I'll meet you back. Remember when you come to the end of your round You want to join into the top of your first stitch and then remember to count your stitches So I'll meet you back at the end of round three. Don't join round three yet because we're going to switch colors. So I'll see you there so now we have our completed three rows and Actually, I think I mentioned I don't know if I mentioned before but the chain is counted in the stitch count and So just make sure you have a hundred and twenty six bars Around or stitches around with the chain and you'll be good Okay, so we're going to do a color join So we're going to pick up our new color, which is color two and that's the tangerine color They kind of look the same on this video, but they're they're different And what you do to join the color is you just grab your yarn Insert your hook into the top two loops and then lay your new yarn over your hook and Go ahead and pull through The top of the stitch and pull through again. So you're basically slip stitching with the new color Then you can just let that's that piece lay down in the back and hold it with your fingers So it's tight then pull it and Keep holding it with your fingers. I kind of do a lot in the background So at first I'm holding it with my right hand and pulling it tight Then I switch and put my other finger under there and get my tension going and then we're going to chain two for row four and Later on you'll just weave that tail in some people actually crochet it into The first few stitches of the round and you're welcome to do that too I'll show you how that's done too. So we'll do that for this So what we're going to do for this round is we're going to half double crochet the entire round Beginning in the same space as the chain two. So for half double crochet you yarn over and We're going to I believe we're going to work in both loops for this round. So go through and You can put that other color on top there. So you actually enclose it into your stitch You can do that for the first three stitches or so. All right, so we have our three half double crochets And I'm going to drop that tail and just let it kind of lay back there and continue working half double crochets and So when you're finished with this round, we'll come back and Start working round five and four and when we're going to join we're going to join into The top of the the front loop of the first half double crochet of the round So kind of turn your work and you can see these are the two chains from the beginning So we've got one chain one chain and then we have our first stitch So go ahead and put your hook into the very front loop yarn over pull through and slip stitch and So for round five, we're going to go ahead and chain three and That counts as one double crochet and a chain one I usually chain two for my double crochets at the end some people chain three I Chained two and then that's plus one for the chain one and so now we're going to turn this and When you turn it we're going to work into the back loops of the next round So and when you do a half double crochet you see there's three There's two top loops, and then there's a bottom loop which kind of looks like The same when you turn it So what we're going to do is work into the back loop Only which is right here So when we work into the back loop, we're going to chain we're going to count five From our chains. Oh, that was loud Actually, and I think I turned it the wrong way. So I'm going to turn it. I'm a twisted So we're going to go And we're going to count down one two three four five and work into this Stitch here. So yarn over and we're going to do a double crochet three together So the double crochet three together is where you Insert your hook into the first Stitch yarn over pull up a loop and you're going to yarn over and pull through two So you'll have two loops left and you're going to yarn over insert it into the next stitch Pull up a loop yarn over pull through two yarn over put it in the back Yarn over pull up one Yarn over and pull through two. So then you'll have four Loops on your hook you go ahead yarn over pull through all four and Then the pattern calls to chain two. So we're going to chain Two and then we're going to continue that without skipping any stitches. We're just going to keep working Into each of the next chain. So Yarn over Put it through yarn over Insert your hook Insert it into the back loop Pull up a loop Pull over chain through two Yarn over insert pull up a loop Yarn over and pull through two pull up a loop Yarn over and pull through two Yarn over pull through all three all four and then chain two and That continues until you reach the end of the round okay, so I've reached the end of my round and We're going to work the two double crochet two together over the need these next two stitches in the back loop only So that's one insert it into the next That's two and then yarn over and pull through all three So that's double crocheting two together and since we're at the very end what it calls for is to Make your join into the chain three space from the beginning of the round so I'm going to go ahead and just insert my hook into that space and Draw it together and you can see that it kind of completes it to make Using the chain to make the three double crochet three together cluster So once you get there For round six, we're going to go ahead and chain three and that one also counts as a double crochet and a chain one and we're going to turn our work again and then we're going to work our Three double crochets into the top of the double crochets Cluster from before so for this one. It's going to be one two three four the fifth chain down from the hook So just you do three regular crochets and double crochets Into that the top two loops and you can see it kind of makes them a Little wave pattern and so once you do the three double crochets into the top of Each double crochet three together. You're not going to actually Chain anything between these double crochets You're just going to go straight into the next top of the double crochet three together And there's the top right there and then work into the top two loops And so you see it kind of makes a little bit of a bow tie pasta looking shape and So actually they I want to tell you that the right side of your bag The right side of your bag is going to be the where The ridge is facing towards you. So when we worked into the back loops We created this ridge and that's going to be the right side So I like to the way these fans looked to when they were facing that right side So just continue working three double crochets into the top of each Double crochet three together from the previous round and when we get back to the beginning We'll work on round seven. I hope you guys are having a good time We'll see you there Now we've come to the end of the round of round Six and we're going into round seven So we're going to go ahead and join in the chain three space right here from the beginning of the round and on the pattern you should have About 42 of these clusters so Count your clusters and you should have 42 of them 42 times 3 is 126 so that keeps your your stitch count 126 throughout the entire pattern For me my little mini me purse It's not going to have that many but for your pattern. It's 42 double crochets three together's Okay, so round seven. We're going to chain two and Turn and then we're going to half double crochet into each stitch of the round and We're going to start with the very first Stitch right here and you're going to go through both loops on this one So remember that you double crocheted three Into each so if you begin Working into where the chain space is you'll have an extra stitch at the end So you want to work directly into the top of each of the stitches to get your stitch count proper If you want to make sure you're on the right track, just go ahead and count your stitches right now So you can say you've got two four six eight ten twelve thirteen and So we have three six nine twelve and thirteen and now we're going to go ahead and attach our next color, which is pink and The way we adjoin here is we're going to go straight into The top two loops of the first half double crochet of the row then we're going to put our Color change make sure there's a long enough tail so that you can weave it in and Then slip stitch it through both loops go ahead and Grab the back like before And kind of pinch it so you can pull it tight around your hook and then for round eight we chain two and Then we turn it and Pull this one tight to if it gets loose. It's okay I just pull them tight So we're going to turn there and then we're going to work to the half double crochet into each stitch So I have double crochet yarn over Insert pull through all three Insert grab it pull through all three and Keep doing the half double crochet in both loops All the way around and then We'll see you at the other side Okay, so we've reached the end of round eight and we're going to go and head into our join into the first Loop or the front loop There's our join and so for round nine. We're going to repeat round five so so for round Round nine, which is to repeat around five. We're going to go ahead and chain three and Then we're going to turn and here's where we work into the back loops of each Stitch doing a double crochet three together in the back loop only so we're going to yarn over And we go into the fifth Chain from the hook so we've got one two three four five We're going to go in right here, which is basically your first stitch of the round and we're going into the back loop Yarn over pull up once pull through two leave two on the hook yarn over go into the next stitch Pull up one loop pull up through two and you repeat that three times Then you yarn over and pull through All of them and chain two and you repeat that across the entire round and This is just a repeat. So I'm just going to work through this It's great best to just go back to the blog or if you purchased the PDF file Just print it out. You can work through these rows really fast Or just refer to the blog and then you've got your complete pattern there. And so after the row the pink band I worked into the white or the accrue color So There's your color sequence here we started off with the camel then we went to tangerine pink the accrue and then mint and jade So once you get to actually Row 16 is going to be different because there is a different pattern change in the middle of the right here So actually I'm going to work This repeat of the pink row and then come back and we'll go through that middle part of the bag Here I'm at the end of row 15 Which is a repeat of row seven and at the end of this row you're not going to change colors So we're going to do a little small pattern change For the next few rows So counting your rows here is pretty simple and this bag is helpful to count your roll rows throughout the whole thing So there's one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen oops I count One two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen Sometimes my counting is so off, but it's got to be done, right? Okay, so for row six row 16 we're going to join Like we did at the end of row seven we're going to join In the top of the Last or the first half double crochet of the stit of the row Like that and then we're going to chain four and we're not going to turn We're just going to keep working around in the same way and so We're going to do a double crochet in the same Space as the chain and that create that's going to be kind of like your first little V-stitch the the chain it's actually acting as a Double crochet plus a chain one So then we're going to skip two stitches So skip two and then do a double crochet Chain one and double crochet all into the same stitch So double crochet chain one and Another double crochet into the same stitch It's the beginnings of your V-pattern right there, and then that's a repeat throughout the entire row So that makes it really simple So the repeat is you're going to skip two and Then double crochet one Chain one and double crochet one all into the next stitch and skip two Double crochet one chain one Oops, and so that's your repeat and I'll meet you around at the other side And we've reached the end here So the end of the row you'll should have two stitches left and You're going to go ahead and skip those two stitches and then join Around the chain four from the beginning of the round so skip those and then go straight into this chain four and There it completes your V's for that row and so row 17 We're going to not change colors or anything just leave it as is and then we're going to go ahead and chain four and We're going to double crochet In the first chain space of the V's below So that would be right in here So we're going to double crochet in that first chain space And that creates yet another V. Wow. It's a miracle Just kidding guy Okay, so This row is similar to row 16 So the next step in that is to go ahead and do a double crochet Chain one and double crochet into the next V chain space. Sorry about that This is each of these is like a little V. So you're going to go through the center of those For all of the next stitches. So Just go ahead right in there Chain one and double crochet double crochet Chain one And double crochet and that's going to create your next round of V's Okay, so we've reached the end of round 17 In round 18 is going to be a repeat of round eight So for this round, I mean for the closing it off round 17. Just go ahead and Do a slip stitch into the chain four from the beginning of the row And then row round 18. I keep saying row. It's supposed to be round round round. Okay round um Repeat row round Round eight. So chain two And then turn and then do a half double crochet In each of um the stitches around so for this one, we're going to go ahead and start off In the one two third chain From the hook and then go ahead and work into the top of the first half double crochet Go ahead and work into the top two loops of The chain one that's in between the V's And that means you're going to have your hook go straight through the center of that stitch with the top two loops on top and Continue that around and when you're finished we'll meet you at the other side The end of round 18. We're going to go ahead and make a join in the front loop With the slip stitch And then these next rounds Are going to be repeat rounds. So with your color changes. All right. So once you complete your three Or you'll have three rounds of the or the half double crochet rounds Um the handles. This is when we're going to start the handles So in the pattern, I say you're going to count 63 stitches from your hook And place a stick stitch marker in the 63rd stitch. So starting here Go ahead and use count your first stitch 63 and then place Place your stitch marker in the 63rd stitch. But for the sake of the tutorial, I'm just going to do A general idea so you get the idea of how to work these rounds So what you do for rounds one through three is you're going to chain two And then half double crochet in the back loop only the third chain from the hook So that's one two and three. So it'll be the first The first stitch right there And then um You're going to work into the next seven stitches In the back loop only So that's one Two Three Four six and seven And so for the pattern You're going to have eight stitches total right here. So we've got Two four six and eight And then what you're going to do is you're going to make a long chain And you're just going to chain 150 of course you can make that shorter if you want I made it 150 because I like it to wear it diagonally On my body. All right. So after you chain your 150 chains I'm using a little piece of yarn for my stitch marker for this so In that where you have your stitch marker, you're going to just take the stitch marker out And then go ahead and make a join into the back loop With a slip stitch And then you're going to do a half double crochet into the exact same stitch And so you see and you want your chain to be With the flat part facing towards you So that it's your pattern stays the same Of the half double crochet in the front loops Then you're going to crochet 15 more half double crochets In the back loop only of each stitch And that'll give you a total of 16 stitches from the point of your join to the end of your Handle row Let's see how many I have Got two four six eight ten And this is what the edge will look like so You're going to have 15 Or 16 stitches from this point to this point And 16 stitches from this point to this point same thing And then once you reach that and you complete your 15 half double crochets You're going to chain another 150 These chains are actually just making your handle And i'm not going to chain 150 for the tutorial obviously We're going to make sure that the chain is not twisted And then We're going to count eight stitches from the beginning of the round Back towards the right. So we're going to do one two three four five six seven eight And in the back loop of that eighth stitch That's where we're going to make our join So we've got one two three four five six seven And eight and like we did before we're going to go ahead and do another half double crochet in that join space And then work seven one two and seven Like that and we're going to join with um a slip stitch Into the back Loop of the first stitch of the round It might be a little difficult to get and get to it but There it is And then for the rest of the handles We're going to continue Doing a half double crochet In the back loop and I just worked these in complete rounds Um the pattern says you can put a stitch marker here at your first stitch and then if you want I wanted to kind of make that part a little bit seamless and you can see From the pattern that Where the seam is three of the rows These three rows kind of have that little join but The next three don't and then they end with This row right here. So that's why you you can put a stitch marker of where they're beginning or you can just go by the seam um, and if you're you know Have a better join than that of course do it and please leave it in the comments because I'd love to learn it um a seamless join which I don't think I know that So continue working half double crochets In the back loop only around when you reach the chain um, as I said in the pattern you want to kind of work Into the hump Which is something I normally don't do but for this pattern I did because if I were to work from Into this part of the chain it just Messed up the pattern for me. You can see how it kind of messes up the chain stitch Where it pulls it apart a little bit. So What I did is I went ahead and it's a little more tedious but it looks a hundred times better is I did The half double crochets in the hump And they call it a hump because I guess it looks like a little hump when you turn it it's right There's the flat side of the chain and then the hump is the raised part And it's a little more difficult like I was saying, but it looks a whole lot better Holy there's cicadas. I don't know if you guys can hear those In the south they have these things called cicadas They get really loud in the summertime And they actually are now aren't even out every year But I'm not from the south originally. I'm from California So when I first heard the screaming cicadas It was very scary But I've gotten used to them over the years And they leave these they have they're like giant locusts Basically and they live in the trees And you just heard one scream Okay So we've worked a few and you can see how it leaves the bottom side Of the chain just a better A better edge to it And then you continue doing this working all the way around until you reach the thickness of the Handles that you want and what I did is I worked about Three more rounds so I had three total Rounds but of course if you want a thicker Handle you can go ahead and do that and then when you get to the end and you want to stop your Handle width you just join into the back loop Of the beginning of the round Tie it off and weave in all your tails and then like I was saying before go ahead and reinforce These corner stitches So that they don't pull apart as easy All right, I think that's it That is it. Oh, no, it's not it. Okay. We're going to do the bottom. All right. So to do the bottom of the bag We're going to turn it inside out. This is the right side the side with the ridges As you can see the ridges from the half double crochet in the back loops that we did and We're going to find the seam and then turn the bottom up But you want to turn it inside out for this one And then find your seam And then my seam is right here And then go to the stitch to the right of the seam And insert your hook there And then grab your yarn, which is the same color we used for the bottom And go ahead and attach it And then go chain two We're going to work half double crochets And we're going to do front post half double crochets So front post half double crochet around each stitch And what this does is creates kind of a little ridge a little reinforcement ridge on the bottom of the bag like this So it leaves a nice edge and a half double crochet front post You yarn over like a normal half double crochet insert your hook from you know around the stitch close in there Yarn over pull through and then complete your half double crochet just like normal So I will meet you at the other side of this round We're coming up on the end of the round and we'll work our last front post half double around the first or the last stitch of the round below And then we're going to join in the top two loops of the first half front post half double crochet that we did at the beginning So there we go and this part Is where we're going to actually stitch up the bottom So what we do is we're going to let me zoom out here We're going to turn the bag this way And kind of pinch it because we want the seam to be on the outer edge of the bag and not somewhere in the center so What we're going to do here is we're going to turn it with this part facing us and you can see it's created a little ridge But we're going to kind of smush that together inside And this will actually this is the inside of the bag So you're not going to see this seam But what it does on the outside of the bag is creates a ridge Like this Let me show you This is what the bottom of the bag looks like And mine is gently used because like I said I've been using this thing every day so I didn't really make a very wide bottom because it's really stretchy So I basically just wanted to reinforce the bottom with a with a kind of a ridge So it has a nice thick feel to it Real sturdy at the bottom because it's where all the all the weight's going to be so So here's where our join is We're just going to kind of turn it towards us a little bit And then try to match up your stitches as best as you can Looks like we can go through this first one And then we get closer so you can see So smush it all together And then go through the first top two loops of each side Yarn over and slip stitch it straight through And do that all the way till you reach the other side You can make these tight because this is your reinforcement for the bottom of the bag so You may want to make it tight Well, I'll speed this part up Okay, so When we reach the end here, we're going to Just smush them all together and keep going using your slip stitches Oops And you can see we have just a few more left here On the very end and I'm just going to kind of Go through randomly just to seal up that edge There we go And then here is where we're going to go ahead and loosen our Loop and then cut it And tie it off because guess what? You're finished And then of course you're going to weave this through so when we turn the bag inside out again You're going to see or I should say right side out You're going to see the ridge there at the bottom And it gives you your Sturdy edge there So when you put stuff in it is absolutely not going to fall out of this bag And I really like the bag because it's it's a Stretchy but the holes aren't large enough so that you know your things can fall out So I've been using it just for everything lately And there's the bottom ridge like I was saying before And as you as you work with it, it'll get stretched out a little bit but All right, so this is our little mini me bag and I hope you enjoyed this tutorial Please subscribe And if you have any questions Comments um if there's anything you'd like me to To do a tutorial for just leave it in the comments below. I'm happy to answer questions And I'd love to hear what you guys think if you have any tips or tricks leave them down below You can write a little blog about them And I hope you guys have a great day. Take care. Thanks for visiting my channel